What a rookie season it was for Chris Olave.

Nevertheless, what makes it much more spectacular for me was the expectation he had going into 2022.

After the New Orleans Saints traded with Philadelphia to get a second first-rounder within the NFL Draft, New Orleans drafted Olave out of Ohio State, additional proving how a lot the Saints simply love their former Buckeyes.

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Olave had a powerful rookie camp and offseason heading into the common season, so the expectations began to ramp into a possible Rookie of the 12 months candidate.

Nevertheless, he was sharing time with one other Buckeye in Michael Thomas, who was again after lacking all of 2021 with an damage. In these three video games, Olave had 17 catches for 268 yards, however he by no means discovered the endzone.

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After MT went down, Olave took his sport to the subsequent degree, racking up over 700 extra yards and getting paydirt 4 instances in the course of the 2022 season.

Olave possesses the power to play the brief, intermediate, or lengthy sport. There’s no route that 12 can’t run.

For that reason, he’s going to be a really well-liked receiver on this group for the brand new Saints quarterback Derek Carr.

However the place can the Saints’ #2 wideout get higher?

I’d actually prefer to see Chris Olave turn into a constant man each single play. Be a man that may catch 7-10 passes a sport and do it at any level within the subject. Slant, go, put up, the entire above.

I’d additionally like to see him mentor the brand new guys. AT Perry, Kendra Miller over at working again, Bryan Edwards, Foster Moreau. All the brand new faces in that room will want steering and recommendation to be taught this new system. Regardless that he’s solely a second-year man, he can nonetheless tackle that chief position.

The NFL goes to get placed on discover early within the 12 months: Chris Olave might be some of the harmful receivers in your entire league.

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